Hit TV drama 'Dae Jang Geum' made into animation
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An animated version of the hit TV drama "Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum)" will air at the end of this month.
According to MBC, the animation took two years to produce and will run 26 episodes later this month. It is the first domestic animated series based on a television drama.
Along with Hee Won Entertainment and toymaker Sonokong, the MBC television network invested some 3 billion won to produce the animation.
Sonokong plans to release dolls of the main characters of the animation around Christmas.
Hee Won Entertainment said it is in the last stage of negotiations to export the animation to China and Japan even before the moving picture is aired.
MBC also plans to stage a musical version of the TV series at the end of next year. The broadcaster will produce the musical in commemoration of its 45 anniversary, it said.
According to MBC, the animation took two years to produce and will run 26 episodes later this month. It is the first domestic animated series based on a television drama.
Along with Hee Won Entertainment and toymaker Sonokong, the MBC television network invested some 3 billion won to produce the animation.
Sonokong plans to release dolls of the main characters of the animation around Christmas.
Hee Won Entertainment said it is in the last stage of negotiations to export the animation to China and Japan even before the moving picture is aired.
MBC also plans to stage a musical version of the TV series at the end of next year. The broadcaster will produce the musical in commemoration of its 45 anniversary, it said.
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